Stories about Japan from November, 2006
Japan: birthrate
Alexpappas in Japundit discusses about the situation of falling birthrate in Japan, a simple solution is to open up immigration.
Japan: G-pod
Gpod is a Japanese Patented device, linking to i-pod for controlling the vibrator's rhythmn according to the i-pod music. JP in Japundit reports that the Japanese company has gained its...
South Korea: who are US allies?
Robert Koehler comments on a commentary by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist which was viewed by Korean media a “naked expression of anti-Korean sentiment”. In the article, the columnist called Japan and...
Bangladesh: Long hours in Tokyo
Even as people from South Asia send remittances back home, Drishtipat talks of the wave in the 80s when the promise of money had people from Bangladesh going abroad. “He...
Japan: watching old movie
K.M Lawson at Japan History Group Blog writes a commentary on an old Japanese movie (1975) called Shōrinji Kempō (English title: The Killing Machine). The blogger read into the historical...
Malaysia: Remembering Japanese Occupation
Ooi Boon-Leong remembers life as a young kid in Malaysia during the World War 2 Japanese occupation. “We were disturbed by the Japanese only once when they came in trucks....
Japan: Dolphin meat
Kaishin in Japundit blogs about the recent discussion about dolphin hunting in Japan. Health specialists pointed out that bottlenose dolphin meat contains high quantities of mythril mercury, a dangerous toxic...
Japan: school bullying
The school bullying in Japan becomes a social problem related with racial discrimination. Debito reports on a recent court case disclosing the details of a nasty bullying of a third-grade...
Japan: mobile phone battle
According to Alexpappas in Japundit, the battle is between mobile phone companies, NTT DoCoMo and Softbank over “unfair advertising”.
China and Japan: history in travel guide
K.M Lawson in China history group blog looks into the most popular Japanese travel guide to China and studies the historical information there. Part of the history is missing.
